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Don't Fight it Marsha, It's Bigger Than Both of Us

Blam Blam Blam

Synopsis

Blam Blam Blam’s second hit from 1981 was angular and artsy, hook-filled but unsettling: all qualities captured in a theatrical video directed by Hey Hey It’s Andy host Andrew Shaw. Clowns, magicians, fire-eaters and trick cyclists join the band, while actors play out the saga of ‘Don’t Fight It, Marsha’. Don McGlashan’s future Front Lawn partner Harry Sinclair directed the actors – Phillip Gordon, Michael Hurst, Hester Joyce and Donogh Rees – and the Len Lye-style scratch effects were by Jenny Pullar, the Blams’ lighting designer.

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Comments (4)

 Victor

Victor

Classic riffs, melodies, and lyrics. The full package!

 David Geary

David Geary

And i want you to be happy but I'd rather you were still with me... A great kiwi lyric in a classic song.

 Jim Ebenhoh

Jim Ebenhoh

brilliant.

 btnzenvcon

btnzenvcon

ahhh bliss... thankyou for publishing and preserving this wonderful record.

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 Andrew Shaw

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